2019 College Track & Field Open Coaching Positions Discussion

Look again wrote:

Who were you expecting Wetmore? Two of those coaches have NCAA championships. Gerard has actually won team and individual titles at Stanford. Granted they were leftovers from Lananna. Milt wasn’t a hot shot either. Stanford will hire the right person for the job and then the success will follow.

Gerard is the only one of that group who has the acumen to coach at Stanford, and to do so successfully. I'm surprised the administration wasn't more imaginative in the people they looked at. To end up with those final 3 makes you wonder what they were doing.

They'll make it look good though. JJ Clark won 2 NCAA titlesat Tennessee which looks nice in Stanford's press release. Gerard was the head XC/distance coach in Stanford's most successful season ever so the school would celebrate his homecoming. If it's one of those guys they'll act like it was an extremely successful search and that they got their guy. Appenheimer feels like a stretch though.

Gerard's bio says he was an assistant when Stanford won their first title in 1996. So they've won twice when he was there. Looks like he was at William and Mary between the two championships. He should be the guy. (That also means he must have left Stanford twice though)

Andrew G wrote:

Look again wrote:

Who were you expecting Wetmore? Two of those coaches have NCAA championships. Gerard has actually won team and individual titles at Stanford. Granted they were leftovers from Lananna. Milt wasn’t a hot shot either. Stanford will hire the right person for the job and then the success will follow.

Gerard is the only one of that group who has the acumen to coach at Stanford, and to do so successfully. I'm surprised the administration wasn't more imaginative in the people they looked at. To end up with those final 3 makes you wonder what they were doing.

Exactly. Contrast it with what UW did a year ago with the Powells.

The search is over. JJ Clark will lead the Cardinal.

Gerard has won at W&M and GMU a lot, and with director experience. Been at George Mason for over 10 years now so that’s not inheriting. Seems like an easy choice assuming these are the actual candidates

People on the actual team don't even know who the coach is, so unless you're the athletic director at Stanford, I highly doubt this statement is coming from a reliable source.

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I apologize that was illegible. It was just announced that JJ Clark is the new coach. His background check has not yet been completed and it will be officially announced to the public in a few days.

JJ is an arrogant D head!

Southern Miss just posted John Ellis' job. Good group to inherit.

Where is Ellis off to? Lot of success these past few years.

It’s done it’s JJ wrote:

The search is over. JJ Clark will lead the Cardinal.

You're 100% right - JJ Clark is the next Stanford coach. It's a done deal!!

Scoop Jackson wrote:

It’s done it’s JJ wrote:

The search is over. JJ Clark will lead the Cardinal.

You're 100% right - JJ Clark is the next Stanford coach. It's a done deal!!

Um, it’s the Stanford Cardinals.

UCSB and UC Irvine both to announce on August 1st. The interview process for the UC system is very slow. The UCSB hire will not be a surprise. The UC Irvine hire will surprise some people.[/quote]

These done then? Spill it[/quote]

I won't compromise the UC brain trust. Next week, both schools will announce. UCSB hire will not surprise. And the UC Irvine hire will surprise, but not for the reason you might think.[/quote]

The UC Brain Trust reading the UC tea leaves. Can’t wait to be surprised for a reason we wouldnt expect. Gotta be Darius at UCSB

Sir, well played. You must be a long time LR’er

Darius has a head....NO! He is still trying to race . He is makes a nice distance assistant at best. Good guy , but NOT head Track material, UCSB blew it with Horn.

Dang, just like that ramussen out but they still have him on the website:

From ASU website:

New men's and women's cross country coach Cory Leslie announced Arizona State's 2019 cross country schedule Monday

So where does rasmussen go?

IV Dude wrote:

Darius has a head....NO! He is still trying to race . He is makes a nice distance assistant at best. Good guy , but NOT head Track material, UCSB blew it with Horn.

Then who?

It’s Cardinal. Singular. The color, not the bird.